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Spem in alium

Introduction

The five-voice Spem in alium, sharing its text with Tallis’s famous setting in forty parts, is a curiosity of the Morales canon. Stylistically it would seem closer to a Franco-Flemish than a Spanish idiom, with many false relations and a thicker texture than Morales was accustomed to write. It also contains some unusual dissonance, and its repetition scheme, with a varied reprise of the first part’s ending, is similarly striking. As well as Morales, it is attributed to Nicolas Gombert and the Italian Vincenzo Ruffo; the source evidence, however, points to Morales.

Recordings

Morales was the first Spanish composer to achieve true international fame, and was described by contemporaries as ‘the light of Spain in music’. The longest work on this disc is the Magnificat primi toni. This is the first recording of any of Morales ...» More

I have never put my hope in any other but you,
God of Israel, who will be angry and yet become again gracious,
and forgive all the sins of our suffering.
Lord God, creator of heaven and earth,
look upon our lowliness,
and forgive all the sins of our suffering.